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The F-14 Tomcat was designed around a Pratt & Whitney F-401 engine that was not ready in time, so Grumman used the TF-30 from...
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The F-14 Tomcat was designed around a Pratt & Whitney F-401 engine that was not ready in time, so Grumman used the TF-30 from...
The Air Force retired the SR-71 Blackbird in January 1990, officially over cost. A new memoir by Colonel Richard “Butch” Sheffield, a retired Blackbird...
Kelly Johnson’s YF-12A took the A-12 Oxcart airframe, added a second crewman, the Hughes AN/ASG-18 pulse-Doppler radar and bays for AIM-47A Falcon missiles, and...
General Dynamics stretched an F-16 by 56 inches, replaced its wing and tail with a cranked-arrow delta of graphite composites 600 pounds lighter, and...
Satellite imagery of the Dalian shipyard shows the Type 004 aircraft carrier taking shape: a hull that could reach 1,112 feet.
Space Force Matters: Four squadrons carry missions with no acceptable failure rate: the GPS constellation, worldwide ballistic missile warning, every military satellite link, and...
A Navy veteran who stood watches on frigates and destroyers in the Cold War explains what the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham...
The SR-71 Blackbird flew above 80,000 feet at Mach 3, high and fast enough that Soviet missiles and interceptors could not reach it. On...
“War is just like boxing. When you get an opponent on the ropes, you must keep punching the hell out of him and not...
Lockheed never flight-tested the SR-71 past Mach 3.2, yet Ed Yeilding and J.T. Vida cruised at Mach 3.3 for most of the Blackbird’s final...